10/12/2025
🐝 “Let’s talk about the science of buzzing like a bee.”
When you make a gentle humming sound (think a soft bee-like buzz) you’re doing more than creating a funny noise. You’re actually activating one of the body’s most powerful calming systems.
Humming increases vibrations in the nasal and sinus passages, which boosts the natural production of nitric oxide, a molecule that helps open the airways, improve oxygen flow, and support healthy circulation. At the same time, the steady vibration stimulates branches of the vagus nerve, the major nerve pathway that signals the body to shift into a state of rest, safety, and digestion.
This combination of improved breathing, vibration, and vagus-nerve activation can lower heart rate, ease muscle tension, and quiet stress responses in the brain. It’s simple neurophysiology: yet it feels almost magical.
If you’re anything like me, you might find this sets you off into giggles or buzzing round the room in full bee mode 🐝
So the next time you need grounding, focus, or a moment of calm, try a few rounds of gentle buzzing. It’s scientifically soothing… and delightfully bee-havioral. 🐝💛
